Got Prboom Working With The Hentges Rom

[tombraider]

WAS getting a complaint that prboom.sh couldn't be found.It turns out that it needs ANOTHER wad put in to get it to work.

I happened to have the old Doom1.wad around so I put it in /media/card/usr/share/games/doom/  (prboom.wad should already be in this directory).
Then I symlinked the doom1.wad file (using Advanced file manager) to /usr/share/games/doom.

Then clicked on the Doom icon and it started up the game!  (Yeah,  I WAS amazed.)

I guess everything else needed for Doom is installed already in the Hentges ROM.

You can download other wads from the internet or download the shareware wad.

Hope this helps someone.

[CoreDump]

Correct. The next release will ship a "freedoom" .wad so prboom will work right out of the box.

[Storm]

WAS getting a complaint that prboom.sh couldn't be found.It turns out that it needs ANOTHER wad put in to get it to work.

I happened to have the old Doom1.wad around so I put it in /media/card/usr/share/games/doom/  (prboom.wad should already be in this directory).
Then I symlinked the doom1.wad file (using Advanced file manager) to /usr/share/games/doom.

Then clicked on the Doom icon and it started up the game!  (Yeah,  I WAS amazed.)

I guess everything else needed for Doom is installed already in the Hentges ROM.

You can download other wads from the internet or download the shareware wad.

Hope this helps someone.
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I am running OZ3.5.3, and installed prboom and the doom wad. I checked the links for doom.wad and there was one in /opt/QtPalmtop/share/games/doom and one in /usr/share/games/doom. When I click the Doom icon on my desktop, I get a pop-up saying "Could not locate application prboom"

Anybody seen this?

Thanks,
--Storm

[lardman]

Run it from the command line....................... see what it says.

[Storm]

Run it from the command line....................... see what it says.
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The tail of the startup from the command line.

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HU_Init: Setting up heads up display.
I_InitGraphics: 320x200
I UpdateVideoMode: 320x200 (fullscreen)
Couldn't set 320x240 video mode [No video mode large enough for 320x200]
I_ShutdownMusic: removing /tmp/prboom-music-gXyVIy
I_ShutdownSound:
--Storm

[Greg2]

The tail of the startup from the command line.

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HU_Init: Setting up heads up display.
I_InitGraphics: 320x200
I UpdateVideoMode: 320x200 (fullscreen)
Couldn't set 320x240 video mode [No video mode large enough for 320x200]
I_ShutdownMusic: removing /tmp/prboom-music-gXyVIy
I_ShutdownSound:
--Storm

Did you ipkg-link add prboom... or maybe 'prboom-opie'?

Start it with:
# prboom.sh

and that will add the -height 240

If that works you will have to symlink the prboom.sh and prboom to your /usr/bin if ipkg-link missed it.

Greg

[Storm]

Did you ipkg-link add prboom... or maybe 'prboom-opie'?

Shouldn;'t need to, since I am pivoting root to the SD card (I'm getting ready to upgrade to a 1GB SD card), so root is the sd card...


Start it with:
# prboom.sh

and that will add the -height 240

If that works you will have to symlink the prboom.sh and prboom to your /usr/bin if ipkg-link missed it.
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[/quote]

I don't have either. I installed from the feed, but I don't have either prboom.sh or prboom-opie:

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[root@chaffee root]# find / -name \*prboom\*
/opt/QtPalmtop/bin/prboom
/usr/bin/prboom
/usr/lib/ipkg/info/prboom.control
/usr/lib/ipkg/info/prboom.list
/usr/share/games/doom/prboom.wad
The other issue is that I am pivoting root to the SD card, so I shouldn't need to ipkg-link anything. Correct?

Thanks,
--Storm

[Greg2]

I don't have either. I installed from the feed, but I don't have either prboom.sh or prboom-opie:

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[root@chaffee root]# find / -name \*prboom\*
/opt/QtPalmtop/bin/prboom
/usr/bin/prboom
/usr/lib/ipkg/info/prboom.control
/usr/lib/ipkg/info/prboom.list
/usr/share/games/doom/prboom.wad

I think you have installed the wrong prboom... there's two in the feed?

If you installed prboom-opie_2.2.6-r4_arm from the 3.5.3 feed you should have prboom and prboom.sh in /usr/bin... this one will work in your 5500.

Greg

[Storm]

I don't have either. I installed from the feed, but I don't have either prboom.sh or prboom-opie:

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[root@chaffee root]# find / -name \*prboom\*
/opt/QtPalmtop/bin/prboom
/usr/bin/prboom
/usr/lib/ipkg/info/prboom.control
/usr/lib/ipkg/info/prboom.list
/usr/share/games/doom/prboom.wad

I think you have installed the wrong prboom... there's two in the feed?

If you installed prboom-opie_2.2.6-r4_arm from the 3.5.3 feed you should have prboom and prboom.sh in /usr/bin... this one will work in your 5500.

Greg
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You're right. Installing the right package sure helps...  

--Storm

[charlie]

It seems to be installed alright but my output is

"prboom v2.2.6  (http:/prboom.sourceforge.net/)
Z_Init : Allocated 8064Kb zone memory
Could not initialize SDL [No available video device]"

All the libSDL's were installed by Hentges.  Is there something I am missing?

Thanks

Chas

[CoreDump]

It seems to be installed alright but my output is

"prboom v2.2.6  (http:/prboom.sourceforge.net/)
Z_Init : Allocated 8064Kb zone memory
Could not initialize SDL [No available video device]"

All the libSDL's were installed by Hentges.  Is there something I am missing?

Thanks

Chas
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A working prboom ships with all OZ 3.5.3 Hentges firmwares. The only thing lacking is a
.wad file. Install the .wad as tombraider explained and it will run out-of-the-box by clicking its icon.

Note: The icon launches a shellscript and not the binary directly. Launching prboom directly will fail
if you do not provide the right options.

[charlie]

Thanks Coredump,

so now I have

doom1.wad, doom2.wad and prboom.wad in /media/card/usr/share/games/doom/ .
All symlinked (using Advanced file manager) to /usr/share/games/doom.

I still get the same message in console when I run

prboom.sh

about No available video device.

Clicking icon still provides "Could not locat prboom.sh"

Is it a symlink issue?
Clues appreciated.

Thanks again
Chas

[CoreDump]

Thanks Coredump,

so now I have

doom1.wad, doom2.wad and prboom.wad in /media/card/usr/share/games/doom/ .
All symlinked (using Advanced file manager) to /usr/share/games/doom.

I still get the same message in console when I run

prboom.sh

about No available video device.

Clicking icon still provides "Could not locat prboom.sh"

Is it a symlink issue?
Clues appreciated.

Thanks again
Chas
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I'd think so, yes. The exact same setup works for me. FWIW release T2 comes with freedoom pre-installed. You may want to have a go at it.

[charlie]

Thanks for advice.  I'm afraid I'm on T2 so I'll keep playing over the weekend and report back.

I get frustrated and confused that people installing the same software on the same machine in the same way get different errors.

Chas

[charlie]

So I flashed again and as promised it works straight of the box.

I must have installed something over the top which broke sdl.

So I have installed things in small batches and only ones that I find necessary rather than absolutely everything and kept leaving the package manager and checking that things are still working.

Now I think that I need to go and protect my loved ones from the alien horde.

Thanks,

Chas